Since May 1, newly built houses in Baden-Württemberg must be equipped with solar roofs. This is pointed out by the energy consulting service of the consumer center. Existing properties must be retrofitted from 2023 at the earliest. This so-called solar obligation will then also follow in other federal states. In Berlin and Hamburg, the installation of solar systems will be mandatory, according to...

In Munich, two tenants have now been ordered by the local court (AG München; file number 474 C 4123/21) to move out of their apartment and hand it over to the new owners. The tenants had been living in a 60-square-meter three-room apartment in Maxvorstadt since 2005. When the apartment was to be sold, they refused to allow interested parties to view it. Nevertheless, buyers were found - including...

Hartmann Möbelwerke GmbH from Beelen has launched a furniture podcast that also deals with environmental protection issues. So far, the three episodes "Welcome to the Hartmanns", "Peace is our most important raw material" and "Happy Birthday - 111 years of Möbel Hartmann" are available on Spotify. Among other things, the first episode answers why the...

Owners currently have to pay around 71 times their monthly net household income to buy an apartment measuring around 100 square meters. Ten years earlier, it was 50 times as much. This is the result of a study by Hüttig & Rompf AG. According to the construction financing broker, the average price per square meter in Germany reached a new record high of 3,958 euros in 2021. In 2012,...

Companies or individuals who have created detailed safety solutions, innovative products, concepts for ergonomic working or resource-saving technologies that make working on construction sites and in construction-related services safer can apply for the EuroTest Award 2022 of the German Employer's Liability Insurance Association for the Construction Industry (BG Bau) until Monday, August 1. A...

By testing the building automation or the building control system, more energy efficiency can be ensured and costs can be saved. This is the conclusion of TÜV Süd, which supports operators, owners and users in optimizing the energy efficiency of new and existing buildings. To this end, it offers monitoring that can be used to identify optimization potential or...

Tenants who continue to sublet their apartment without permission after a warning must expect termination without notice. This was decided by the Munich Local Court (AZ 417 C 7060/21). In the case at hand, a tenant had occupied an apartment in Munich-Pasing since 2009. The monthly rent was 800 euros per month. The rental agreement contained the following clause: " Subletting or other...

Who would like to provide already once for cosiness in the winter in its new building, its dwelling or its house, can with a seat window so-called. On it the portal points schoener-wohnen.de out and shows prospective customers appropriate suggestions. It is simplest to plan an appropriate seat window from the outset with. However, seat windows can also be planned in later...

If Germans had to decide on a sustainable investment and retirement provision, most would choose real estate. This is the result of a recent population survey commissioned by Pangea Life from the market research institute YouGov. Respondents had to decide whether they would be most likely to invest in real estate, energy or technology. 26 percent decided...

How the kitchen renovation can succeed, shows the portal "planungswelten.de". According to the portal, a kitchen renovation is worthwhile, for example, if there are splashes behind the stove in the kitchen or the kitchen plates are worn out. But also if the inhabitants reinvent themselves, a kitchen renovation can be the right step. Especially easy to change the look...